The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL
J.M. SIMMONS, Editor nd Prop’r
Published livery Friday at Manchester.
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FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1909.
Thk Medford Patriot refers to Bro.
Lacy "The kid that recently took
control of the Waklta Herald," and
we are wondering: just how Lacy will
come back at the old "man." The
Journal bas no objections to their hav-
ing; a little bout of their own.
It seems as though somebody has
made a mistake in the amount of tax-
es to be required under statehood, or
it is a fact that statehood is proving
very costiy to the people so far as tax-
ation alone goes. Taxes for 1908 are
way up in “g”—nearly twice as high
as for 1907. But we are of the opinion
t hat more has been levied than will
be needed for many purposes, and that
when next year comes matters will be
better regulated and the levies will
be cut down.
It looks as though the hog market
never will get to a steady basts again.
One day they are up and the next day
they are down. When we think the
big runs are over and the market on
a steady advance, then comes along
another big movement of hogs and a
slump in the market to correspond.
Where all these fat hogs (or half fat
hogs) comes from is a mystery, but
they just seem to keep coming. One
thing about It, they are light weights
and do not make any great amount
of either lard or pork, and that’s ab-
out the only consolation there is to it
for the man who has hogs to go on the
market later on. It begins to look as
though the fellows who have been
telling us that hogs are getting scarce
in the country dou’t know what they
are talking about. We note, also that
the Wichita market is receiving a
vast number of these hogs, which
goes to show that this part of the
country is furnishing lots of porkers
There are thousands of farms all over
this part of the country that are fenc-
ed partly or wholly hog tight, and it
is on these farms that hundreds and
thousands of hogs are grown, and
usually they are produced cheaply,
In addition to this, every day the
farmers are hauling out more posts
and woven wire, so that this country
will increase in the hog business in-
stead of decrease, and if the business
is to continue profitable to the hog
grower in Oklahoma and Kansas where
we have so much alfalfa to grow them
on, then the eastern and northern hog
producer who grows them almost on
grain alone must drop out of the busi-
ness and let Oklahoma and Kansas
have the whole thing. With every
farm in these two states fenced hog
ight and plenty of alfalfa and a little
grain, we can grow pork and lard en-
ough to supply the United States and
some to spare.
THE NEW WOMAN.
Dbab Sib: Why is it that you
never say a word about the new
woman? If you had dona«so durin’
the last two years, and done them up
in good shape, I might have been
saved from a miserable future.
1 married a new woman two years
ago last Sunday. She’s my third.
The other two died in the faith and
in harvest time making it bother
some on these two accasions to get
my wheat hauled in before it got wet
and grew sprouts on it as long as
your finger.
I advertised for a wife, and this
female I call my third answered the
advertisement, casually mentioned
that she was a “New Woman,” I
had never heard the expression before
as we never took any other paper
but our church organ, and I was
foolish enough to think that she was
a rosy young darlln’ that could faci
nate a man with a single glance of
her eye.
I was then in my forty-seventh year
of glance, and my whiskers were
sprinkled with the flour of pulverized
years, as it were, and the thoughts of
gettin’ a brand-new woman—a woman
with her heart sloppin’ over with
yearnin’love, just set me wild, and
hopeful and I sent her money at once
to come on and be my darlin without
further deity, as we had two fresh
cows and three more cornin’ and the
garden needed the tender care of a
woman’s hand, and the live children
of my last wife needed scrubbin’ up
from stem to stern and new clothes
made for us all.
Well, Moses, she came. But she
wasn’t near so new as I had imagined.
She was forty, if she was a day old.
She wore glasses, and her front teeth
were two nice for her own, her nose
had a crook in its back, her lips were
thin and chapped, and she looked as
though you might run her through a
lard press and not get enough grease
out of her to oil the screw point of a
gimlet.
But you, Moses, who have
asked me how much I loved her.
Say. Moses, ttiat stumped me worse
than I was ever stumped in my life.
Here was a new woman built out of
the ruins nf an old dilapidated maidln
who had gone to seed years ago. It
reminded me of a ten-dollar set of har-
ness on a two dollar and fifty cent
horse.
Of course, all these fixtures were
brand-new, cork leg and all, and I
could not conscientiously swear that
she had lied to me in recommendln
herself to me as a "new woman.
She had been savin' of her money
from year to year to renew her youth
when her time came for her to hitch
up with a male critter, and they were
all her own. She was a self made,
bran new woman to the extent of al-
most seven-eights of her bulk. The
Creator of mankind was represented
in her construction by a very small
margin. All that was womanly in
her, was her own handiwork, the
mortal and Immortal margin bein’
chiefly composed of bones and a very
wrinkled skin.
But only t he immortal and mortal
parts of were my wife. I had a legal
or moral chaim on her hair and teeth
and glass eye and cork leg and plum-
pers and false calf and other loose
particles of her antomy I slept with
pin’ up new negatives of my ileein’
and supple form, and when I crawled
out on the opposite side and began to
claw the drowned and lied ragged yel-
low Jackets out of my hair, whiskers
and trousers legs, that unfeelin’ worn
an was takin’ a final snap shot at my
drippin’ anatomy.
And then, toadd tomy humiliation,
when her city grlends came up to see
tier she exhibited those pictures from
an improvised panorama frame set up
in the parlor.
The first scene was where I took
the original leap in the air, and then
followed twenty-five others illus
tratin’ my beglra towards the creek
Sometimes I was up in the air, and
occasionally I was down on my belly
with my feet pointed towards the
dome of high heaven, and in the
picture where I plunged into the
creek there is not much to be seen but
a long pair of wild and tangled
willowly legs, with exaggerated feet
attached to them, and a little blur
the air where my chief end is dis-
appearin’ beneath the tuabulent
wave.
The last scene depicts me sittin’
on the bank like a big bull frog shed
din’ tears at a tad poles funeral, and
the bull calf lookin’ at me from the
clump of sumac is a far better look-
NOTICE
Jas. Clary, city marshal, requests us
to say that hereafter all boys found
jumping on and oil moving trains in
Manchester, or loafing about the rail-
road station when they have no busi-
ness there, will be arrested under the
city ordinance which prohibits such
acts and taken before the police judge
and fined.
LOCUST FENCE POSTS
I have a large number of well seas-
oned black locust fence posts, all
sizes, which are for sale by S. B
Fling at Manchester, the Badger
Lumber Co. at Gibbon, G. W. Cox at
Waklta, and also at my farm 10 mile
south of Manchester, at reasonable
prices.
ltf C. L. Bickkbdickc.
been a
widower yourself, know that after a
widower has been stubbin’ along for
two years without a wife to soothe
his achin’ feet and do the household
work and milkin’, most sort of
female looks like an angel to them
and he could easily be persuaded
marry a dress-maker’s dummy, if he
thought it his last chance to secure
the society of the opposite sex.
This new woman said her name was
Samantha Sudds, from a town away
Down East, who had spent the cream
of her life in tryin’to get a vote, (A
vote mind you! A vote! Great bull
dogs bundled into a bushel basket
full of bungled butter! What good
has a vote done for you and me,
Moses? and all the other poor sons of
shootin’ Simons who can’t even hold
down a job, but votin’ to please some
body who has money to loan,
Well, to make a short story of an
old fool’s love affair, we were married
the same day she arrived as she
threatened to go back to Jersey Shore
and take the train for the east, un-
less she was immediately made Mrs.
Peter Ponchliver.
I had loaded myself with a license
previous to her cornin’, and had
spoken to the minister about needin’
his services on snort notice, so we
were made one in less than two hours
after I first caught a squaint of her
charms.
I began to suspicion that I was sold
to the yankees that very night on
goin’ to bed. She prepared me for
the shock by tellin’ me to witness the
construction of the new woman, and
then she began huskin’ off her
artificial fixtures.
She first took off a dress that was
padded on the shoulders and bosom,
took off a corset and then removed
the plumpers from her sobbln' breast,
and the false biceps from her arms,
and the stuffed bag from her hips.
Then she began at the top again
and took down her air and sorted out
the artificial from the handful of
natural, took off her glasses and took
out one glass eye, removed a double
set of store teeth, and plumpers from
her cheeks, washed the paint off her
face and eyebrows, than sat down and
screwed off a cork leg, and took the
false calf from the good limb, laid all
the parte of the new woman on a
chair, and stood before me like the
wreck of a patent scare crow and
the old withered woman at night, and ing man than that blamed man made
talked with the new woman through out of me.
the day, and the way the new woman She’s gone now, Went home with
dropped her R’s in conversation, her city friends. I gave her five-hun-
dropped dishes when attemptin’ to dred dollars and our old corner clock
assist my oldest daughter while as alimony, and she agreed to call
washin’dishes was enough to turn square. Fabway Moses.
my whiskers gray in a single week.
But she coulden’t cook, or milk, or
bake or mend my clothes, or feed the
calves, or hoe com, or pick berries, or
make perserves. She had books and
magazines on woman suffrage aud Board of County Commissioners
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
theosopsy and spiritualism, besides
a box like affair she called a kodak,
and on nice warm days she would wan-
der about the farm takin, snap shots
of cock tights with the instantaneous
process.
One photo would show the two
cocks sparrln’ for an openin’ with
their two heads down almost to the
ground, and the next would show
of Grant County,
Oklahoma.
State of
Grant County
Oklahoma I
l E. 11. Hamilton
Signed-^
IJ. D Ohendorff
Signed j-
J. D. Orekdouff
E. 1). Hamilton
lo have and to hold the same together
with all and singular the tenements, horedl-
And said Sam P. Ridings and Nettle L Rid-
ings for themselve9 and their heirs, ex
eentors on administrator* do hereby cove-
nent, promise and agree to and with said
party of the second part, that at the de-
livery of these presents they are lawfully
seized int heir own right of an absolute and
them jumpin’ up in the air and flop- an,d appuftenances thereunto be'
pin’ their wings, and the next would
show one layin’ on the ground on the
broad of his back, with the other
rooster standin over him as triumph-
antly as one school boy over another
or more like the auccersful caomSatol '1C.
tor school director crowin’ over the granted and dlscrlbed premises, with the
neighbor he defeated by fifteen ma- “,p‘I"rtf,na,nces'' ,hat l'ie same T tn"‘‘
J I clear discharged and uninenmbered of and
jority. from all former and other grants, charges,
___T , . titles, estates, judgements, taxes assess-
Wrien I begun to mow the grass I meut and Incumbrances of what nature or
down in the orchard where the trees elnd soever’ excei)l on0 mortgage for the
a— j . . principal sum of *3 000 given to .1. H. Brown
StOOU tOO thick to run the mower, Which obligation second party assumed and
that new woman wife of mine sat on the f:ice tliereof is deducted out of the pur-
. . , ... . , , , , chase price herein and said laud sold subject
the fence With lier kodak under her to said obligation and that they will warrant
arm and a French novel in her hand, and defcntl ,he S!im« unto said party of the
_____ . , second part Its heirs and assigns against
but e\er and anon cocked one eve on said party of the first part Tlieir heirs and
me as I went swinging the long 11,1 and every person or persons whomsoever,
SCytbe through the tall grass. In wltmss thereof, the said parties of the
I kept On wandering What she was up flrst l,art hereunto set, thrir hands the day
to all the time, for my mind was on (sean Sam p. Ridwos
her In those days. 1 kept my mind Nettie L. Riding*
on the new woman, in order to forget | Grant county fss
Before me E. G. Grimes, a notary public in
and for said county and state, on this 11th
superstruction was built. The skinny I day of December, 190s, personally appearen
frame work was not a thing of beauty ?am *’ Rldln>fs and J,ettle r- Hidings to me
° J known to bo the Identical persons who ex-
and a joy forever, but when built ecute.i the within and foregoing Instru-
over and reconstructed and made new ment iUld acknowledged to me that they ex-
edited the same as their free and voluntary
& man could look at the D6W creation J act and deed for the use and purposes there-
on tile six-rail fence as a work of high ,0"r for!b‘ Wltnt8,ni* had seal the datft
art, so to speak. I e. c. grimes
She had also begun to work a little I My commission expires May 28th, 1011
Tho following petitions worogranted.
L. W. McOlveny, double assessment.
I. 8. Enrhurt, correction school district.
J A Alkens rebate erroneous tax on lots
15 block II Medford.
.1. A Atk'ns. relxWe erroneous on lots 13
and 14 blcck H Grattons addition,
Carl Ruthfuss, correction to school district
tax,
Oeo Rernliart, same
11 llernbart. same
D. D. Walker, allowance of exemption.
Tho county treasurer was authorized to
pay to will Jelineck ten dollars (110,00) In
error of overcharge on tax receipt No 158 out
of the tax account.
The county treasurer Is hereby authorized
to credit all school tax collected from dis-
tricts 64, 65, 58 and 59 Grant county to Con-
sol Mated District No 1 Grant county.
Road and bridge claim of E. J. Armstrong
for labor allowed, 12 00
Adjourned to Dec 23,1008
Reconvened to Dec 23,1908
Fetltlon of F. J. Rennar allowed and sheriff
ordered to accept ft) 5tl, as full payment of
tax warrant.
Petition of D. D, Walker for abatement of
tax levy rejected.
There being no further business the meet-
ing was adjourned.
I .1. Ohendorff
Signed-; E. Ha melton
1 John H. Huntington
P. W. Ziegler. County Clerk,
W. H. SMEDLEY, PhCg£nD
Office over Citizen State Ban k. Res-
idence, one block south. Telephone
at office and residence.
MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA
GUY CROMWELL,
Buyer and Shipper of
LIVE STOCK
MANCHESTER, OKLA.
FOR SALE.
—Locust posts, and also telephone
poles good for rural lines at my farm
3 miles west, and five miles south of
Manchestor on route two.
C. E May
DONT SHOOT.
Owing to the number of cattle and
hogs on the farm, shooting or tres-
passing on the northeast quarter of
Sec. 14, township 29, range 8, is
strictly forbidden. To permit one
would be equal to permitting all to
shoot, and that would result in the
loss of stock. So please don’t try it
M. J. Simmons.
Manchester Council No. 1226
Knights & Ladies of Security
Meets 2nd and 4th Thursday night
In each month at I. O, O. F. hall.
Mrs. Lena Bacon Pres.
Mrs. May SimmonV-Pres
Mrs. Rose Bohrer, Sec.
Mrs. Alma Wickheizeii Financial
THE REV. IRLR. HI UK'S ALMA NIC.
For 1909, ready nov 15. 1908, best ever sent
onr, beautiful covers In collors. fine portrait
of Prof. Hick’s lucolars all the old features
and several new ones In the book. The
best astronomical pear book and tne only
one containing the original Hicks Weather
Forecasts." Iiy mall 35c, en news stands 20c
One copy free with word and works, the
best l.f, Monthly In Amlrica. Dscounts on
almlnacs In quanltles. Agents wanted, word
and works Pub. Co, 2201 Locus Street, St,
Louis Mo. Every citizen owes it to himself,
to bis fellows and Prof nicks to possess the
Hick’s forecast,—the only reliable.
PALACE BARBER SHOP
ROSS HELM
Good work and Courteous Treat-
ment of all Customers, Is my Motto.
4, Laundry basket leaves the shop every
i> Wednesday noon.
T MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA.
X When in Need of J
+ Carpenter or Stone Work
of any Kind, Call on
Mort Canfield
I Manchester, Okla
Good Work and
Reasonable Charges.
MANCHESTER LODOE NO 113
A. F. & A. M.
meets 1st and 3rd Thursday nights In eaah
month. W. T CLARK, Sec.
T' W. PETER, W. M.
O. T. PRICE, 8. W
to attend.
MANCHESTER LODOE
NO. 45, I. O. O. F meets
every Saturday night at
I.O.O.F Hall, Manchester,
Okla.
All Odd Fellows In good
standing cordially Invited
M. J. ROACH N. O
E. A. WATKINS. V. ?
W. T. OTARK, Sec.
A. H. T. ASSOCIATION.
Manchester Lodge No. 281, A.U.T. A., meets
first and third Friday night In each month
Member* In good standing always welcome
E. A. WATKINS, President.
W. A. NALLY, Vlce-Prer
E B. FLINO, Treasurer.
G. T.PRICE. Secretary.
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| BURCHFIEL & WARN0CK
HOG BUYERS
GENERAL DEALERS IN
| Live Stock j
Opposite Journal Office, Man-
chester, Oklahoma.
J. W SMITH
Law, Real Estate, Loans, In
surance and Collections.
art on me She cut my hair with I
the sheep shears, and trimmed my|
whiskers like the Czar of
BILL or 8ALF.
Know all men by the-e presents.
That we the undersigned Earn P. Hidings
Russia’s j and Nett,e L. Ridings do hereby sell, assign
. . . , , , _ .. _ and set over to the county of Grant., In the
which made me look so fierce that the Lute of Oklahoma »n the following des-
pigs and cows and chickens fled from orlbed pc^onai property to wit:
.. # . r, • All the houses, buildings, fences and other
my presence like the serfs of Russia Improvements If any located on the south
fleeting from the presence of the Czar ,:ast quarter of section twenty-three (23) In
... .. , ,, township twenty-six north of range six (li
(the crowned of God” When hlS liver W. I. M. and also a one third Interest In
Is OUt Of Order. about 55 acres of wheat now growing on said
tract of land, the same being all of the
Pretty soon I found out why my I Wheat now growing on said tract and said
-If..u.lttur on the li;
fence, I mowed down past the early town of Jefferson. Said bill of sale and
apple tree, and out towards the pine
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MADDEN-NALLY DRUG CO.
Headquarters for Drugs, Perfumery, Toilet
Articles, Post Cards, Stationery,
Linesed Oil, Turpentine
and Varnishes.
MADDEN-NALLY DRUG CO. «
MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA §
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stump where the speckled hen was
hatchln’, and was thinkln’ all the
time how to get rid of my "new wom-
an," and when I stopped to whet my
scythe a swarm of yellow jackets
crawled up my legs under my tronsers’
and the first jumy I made I heard
her kodak snap, and kept up a respon-
sive sn&y for every Jump or extra
gyration I made while strikin’ a tee-
line for the creek
Even after I had taken a
by the said Grant connty to said flrst party,
the receipt whereof Is hereby admitted.
Dated this 14th day of December. I Sue
8am P. Ridings,
Nettie Ridings
Witness
F. L. Patton,
A. Diamond
It. F. Kenoyer was appointed custodian of
Ibe County Poor farm for the period of one
year.
Board adjourned to Dec 14th, t9us.
Commissioners reconvened Dec lltli and
adjourned to Dec. 21, 1908
Commissioners recovvened Dec. 21, 1908.
The following bills were allowed:
header J K" *'all^enbe^e• bd*e 1*ljor and livery hire
and plunged under the water, I im- c. L. Brand, labor on bridge. ~oo
agined I could hear her machine snap- ITSSSSZSli*
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For insurance against Jack Frost get a
Security Oak or Coles
Hot Blast Hooter
Can’t be beat for economy of coal
consumption. Everything in Hard*
ware, Harness, and Coal.
S. B. FLING
The Hardware & Implement man
Manchester - - Oklahoma,
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